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Ethan Hippel in the First Western Vancouver Cub Scout Troop has got gained every one of his Sixty three badges in just 3 years.

Hippel, that has gained badges regarding everything from snow-boarding to participating in the shoreline clean-up underneath the Lion's Gate Bridge, was honoured with a unique merit ceremony on April 19 by Scouts Canada and West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith.

"I really feel accomplished, and I think later on in life I'm going to look back and smile at what I've done," Hippel said to On the Coast host Stephen Quinn.

Badges for snow-boarding, space exploration

Hippel said that will when he began cub scouts three years ago, he knew there were badges for survival expertise, but was pleased to learn there were also badges for a variety of other activities - such as snowboarding and even space exploration.

"I found out the different requirements and they were really fun," he explained.

"Around the beginning of my second year I just decided I would like to get them all because it is so fun to get each of the badges and to really feel so achieved whenever you do them."

He explained that he had not been attempting to acquire all the badges simply to have them. He said he has acquired skills which he thinks will help him through life.

"They actually would like to focus on tactical expertise as well as outdoorsy activities, but they also would like you to be a good all-around individual," he explained.

The most challenging feat, Hippel said, was the "climate change challenge crest." He stated the actual crest involved 5 various badges for various actions including trying to recycle and using an online calculator to find out his family's carbon footprint.

Constructed a soap box car

He said the space pursuit badge was one of the most fun, as he got to design and style his own space suit and skyrocket ship.

"It needed to be lifelike," he said. "A person can't say it creates a tree come out of your ear or something."

Hippel also built a wooden soap box vehicle in order to earn his badge for carpentry.

"It is about four-feet long, and even I created that with my grandpa," he said, adding that he hasn't raced it yet but he's ridden it down a big slope close to his home along with his brother.

"It took a few weekends [to build], and it is red, green, blue - a bunch of various colours. And it doesn't have any brakes," he laughed.

When not earning badges, Hippel also swims competitively, plays on a nearby soccer team and even attends Swedish school.

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